Sad to hear that he's died after a long illness. My memory of his dance with the World Cup on the lap of honour in 1966 is one of my abiding footballing memories.
Nothing needs to be said about Nobby Stiles the footballer. He had an extraordinary career. Every member of that team of 66 will be remembered as a legend. I spent some time many years ago working with John Stiles, Nobby Stiles's son (John was himself a pro at Leeds and Donny) and through that got to meet Nobby Stiles a handful of times for a few minutes at a time. Not enough to really know him, but enough to be able to say that he came over as very humble and a real gentleman. RiP Nobby Stiles.
